Obituaries
Edward J. Wolski Jr.
June 18, 2015
Veteran
Edward J. Wolski Jr., 71, retired Assistant Fire Chief for the City of Scranton, of West Scranton, died Saturday after being stricken ill at home. His wife of 47 years is Joann Sena Wolski. Born in Scranton on June 14, 1943, he was the son of the lat...
William Jude Reiss
June 17, 2015
Veteran
William Jude Reiss, 58, of South Scranton, died Tuesday. His loving wife of 17 years is Sally Moro Smith Reiss. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the late William L. and Teresa D. Sereta Reiss. A 1975 graduate of GAR High School, he was an Army v...
Roy Phillips Jr.
June 16, 2015
Veteran
Roy Phillips Jr., 68, of West Scranton, died Friday at Geisinger/CMC VNA Hospice Unit. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Roy and Elizabeth Roseweir Phillips. A 1965 graduate of West Scranton High School, he was a member of Hyde Park Lodge ...
Barbara Samuel
June 16, 2015
Barbara Samuel, 67 of West Scranton, died Thursday in Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband of 47 years is Albert Samuel. Born in Scranton, she is the daughter of Nancy Carra Brink of Dunmore and the late Cecil Brink. A 1966 graduate of Dunmore ...
Anna Portanova
June 15, 2015
Anna Portanova, 92, of West Scranton, died Wednesday night at the Mountain View Care Center. Her husband of 38 years, Daniel J. Portanova, died in 1977. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Emilio and Marie Catrone Minicozzi. Educated i...
Patrick M. Clemens “Clemy”
June 12, 2015
Patrick M. Clemens “Clemy”, 51, of South Scranton, died Friday from injuries sustained in an ATV accident in Indian Stream Twp., Maine. His wife of 25 years is Judi “Jude” Hughes Clemens. Born in Hughestown, he is the son of Robert and Dolore...
Elizabeth “Betty” Markanich
June 9, 2015
Elizabeth “Betty” Markanich, 88, of the Pine Brook section of Scranton, died Friday at Geisinger/CMC. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late George Sr. and Anna Kozak Markanich. A 1944 graduate of Scranton Technical High School, she r...
Annette “A” Scioscia Snyder
June 4, 2015
Annette “A” Scioscia Snyder 92, of South Scranton, slipped into eternity to join her husband John, son Gerald and grandson Joshua. She was surrounded by her loving family. Born on January 31, 1923, she was along with her husband John, a child of ...
Thomas Linko
May 31, 2015
Veteran
Thomas Linko, 68, of Jefferson Township, died Thursday, in Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife of 47 years is Lois Ann Lindsey Linko. Born in Scranton, he is the son of the late John and Anna Smereka Linko. A 1965 graduate of West Scranton...
Robert J. Smith
May 8, 2015
Veteran
Robert J. Smith, 64, of North Scranton, died Friday, May 8, 2015. Born in Passaic, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Evelyn Columbus Smith. Educated in Midland Park Schools, Bergen County, NJ, he was a Viet Nam Navy veteran serving as an e...
Mary Bohn
April 9, 2015
The Lord called Mary Bohn, 93, home on Monday after a brief illness. Born in Scranton, she was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church.
She is survived by daughters Marilyn Merce...
Barbara A. Martini
April 4, 2015
Barbara A. Martini, 77, of South Scranton, died Friday, at Allied Skilled Nursing. She was the widow of Frank A. Martini, who died June 2, 1995. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Lepisko Blasko. A graduate of South Sc...
John P. Grajcar Sr.
March 30, 2015
Veteran
John P. Grajcar Sr., 84, of West Scranton, died peacefully on Wednesday in the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger/CMC surrounded by his loving family. His wife of 63 years, Rita Nercz (Neach) Grajcar, died June 10, 2014. Born in Scranton, he was the son o...
Alexander “Al” G. Bouton
March 24, 2015
Veteran
Alexander G. “Al” Bouton, 67, of Tripp Park, died peacefully Thursday evening at home, after a long battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. His wife of 46 years is Christine Hill Bouton. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late G...
Gary M. Kozlowski
March 22, 2015
Gary M. Kozlowski, 62, of South Scranton, died Wednesday, in Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. His wife is Rosaleen Fitzell Kozlowski. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Chester and Florence Zamushinski Kozlowski. Educated in Scranton T...
James Rodeman
March 21, 2015
Veteran
James Rodeman, 62, died unexpectedly at home on January 24, 2015. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Fred and Anna Drost Rodeman. He was a 1970 graduate of West Scranton High School and received an Associate Degree from Lackawanna Junior Co...
Julian Henry Poniatowski
March 9, 2015
Julian Henry Poniatowski, 74, of the Keyser Valley section of West Scranton, died Wednesday at Moses-Taylor Hospital ER after being stricken ill at home. His wife of 52 years is Karen M. Williams Poniatowski. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the l...
Angelo (Blackie) M. Migliori
March 6, 2015
Veteran
Angelo M. (Blackie) Migliori, 87, of Tripp Park, died Tuesday at the Gino Merli Veterans Center. His wife is Mildred Maslar Bryndzia Migliori. His first wife Ann Rencavage Migliori died October 27, 1996. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late M...
William A. Stefanovich
February 20, 2015
Veteran
William A. Stefanovich, 82, Glenburn Twp., died Tuesday. He was the husband of the late Bernadine Ceklosky Stefanovich. Born in Plains, son of the late Anthony and Ann Langan Stefanovich, he was a Army veteran of the Korean War and retired from the M...
Helen M. Sporko
February 17, 2015
Helen M. Sporko, 87, of Scranton, passed away on Friday at the Regional Hospital of Scranton. Helen was the widow of the late Joseph P. Sporko who died in 1990. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Anna Kosek Manka. She...
Antoinette Cipriano
February 17, 2015
Antoinette Cipriano, 91, of Taylor, died Friday at Geisinger/CMC. Her husband of 65 years, Anthony “Cubby” Cipriano, died March 9, 2013. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Peti Antoinelli. She was a graduate of Scran...
Frank M. O'Connor
February 1, 2015
Frank M. O’Connor, whom was also known as Kewpie, 81, of Taylor, died Wednesday, surrounded by his loving family at Geisinger/CMC. His wife of 48 years is Carol A. McCarthy O'Connor. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Edward and Catherine...
John H. Barletta
January 30, 2015
Veteran
John H. Barletta, 71, died Tuesday at Allied Skilled Nursing Home. Born in Pittston, he was a son of the late Nicholas S. and Mildred McDonald Barletta. A graduate of Pittston High School, he was employed in the local trucking industry as an over the...
M. Juleann Sillner
January 23, 2015
M. Juleann Sillner, 80, of Roaring Brook Township, died Tuesday, after being stricken ill at home. Her husband of 47 years, Ralph P. Sillner, died October 20, 2003. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Julia Cosminski Karabin...
Betty J. Skorec
January 22, 2015
Betty J. Skorec, 78, of West Scranton, passed into Eternal Life on Friday at Geisinger/CMC surrounded by her loving sons.. Her husband of 47 years, Joseph Skorec Sr., died July 10, 2002. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late James and El...
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